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{{Lead too long|date=April 2021}}{{Infobox film
| name = Aar-Paar
| image = Aarpaar.jpg
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| caption =
| director = [[Guru Dutt]]
| producer = [[Guru Dutt]]
| writer = [[Abrar Alvi]]
| screenplay = [[Nabendu Ghosh]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Guru Dutt]] [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] [[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]] [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] [[Jagdeep]] [[Jagdish Sethi]]
| music = [[O. P. Nayyar]]
| cinematography = [[V. K. Murthy]]
| editing = Y. G. Chawhan
| studio = [[Guru Dutt|Guru Dutt Productions]]
| distributor = [[Guru Dutt|Guru Dutt Productions]]
| released = 1954
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =

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'''''Aar-Paar''''' (English: This or That) is a [[1954 in film|1954]] [[India]]n noir-comedy Hindi-language film. Directed by [[Guru Dutt]], it has music by [[O.P. Nayyar]] and lyrics by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]. ''Aar-Paar'' stars [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]], [[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Jagdish Sethi]]. The film was super-hit at box office and one of the top highest-grossing films of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1954|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005576114/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=IMDb|language=en}}</ref> [[Raj Khosla]] and Atma Ram, Guru Dutt's brother assisted Guru Dutt in film direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/05dinesh.htm|title=Aar Paar: A noir comedy|authorlink=|date=5 June 2003|publisher=|author=[[Dinesh Raheja]]|work=Rediff.com movies|access-date=2015-05-25}}</ref>

It is written an article by [[ThePrint|The Print]], which says "the beauty of Aar Paar's dialogue is that every character speaks in a language that reflects where they're from, their upbringing and education. Instead of one-size-fits-all Hindi, there's a bit of Punjabi, a bit of Parsi, inflections of Urdu, a smattering of street Bambaiyya, some heartland Hindi mixed with clumsy English. That attention to detail not only made the dialogue more authentic to the character, but also to the city of Bombay, long known for its cosmopolitan population."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sood|first=Samira|date=2020-07-04|title=Aar Paar, Guru Dutt's 1954 film that initiated authentic, realistic dialogue by Abrar Alvi|url=https://theprint.in/features/aar-paar-guru-dutts-1954-film-that-featured-authentic-realistic-dialogue-by-abrar-alvi/454001/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Rudradeep|title=Audio master: The blockbuster combination of Guru Dutt and OP Nayyar in ‘Aar Paar’|url=https://scroll.in/reel/848284/audio-master-the-blockbuster-combination-of-guru-dutt-and-op-nayyar-in-aar-paar|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

The film had very popular music.<ref name=":1" /> The album of the film was ranked #34 in the list of "Best Bollywood Albums of all time" by [[Film Companion]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nair|first=Vipin|date=2017-10-06|title=#34 Aar Paar: Top 100 Bollywood Albums|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/32-aar-paar-top-100-bollywood-albums/|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Film Companion|language=en-US}}</ref> It was also named the "Best Album of Golden Era" for the year 1954 in the [[7th Mirchi Music Awards]], 2014.

==Plot==
Kalu is a migrant taxi-driver in Mumbai.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | title = Changing face of Mumbai in Hindi cinema| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Changing-face-of-Mumbai-in-Hindi-cinema/articleshow/44959296.cms
| access-date = 2015-05-25 | work = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref> He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself and become rich, before he can even think of marriage.

==Cast==
*[[Guru Dutt]] as Kalu
*[[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Nikki
*[[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]] as Dancer
*[[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johny Walker]] as Rustam
*[[Jagdeep]] as Elaichi Sandow
*[[Jagdish Sethi]] as Lalaji, Nikki's father
*[[Bir Sakhuja]] as Captain
* [[V. K. Murthy]] as Jailor Saxena
*[[Kum Kum]] as Labour (in song "Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar"; Uncredited)
*Noor as Rustam's Girlfriend (Uncredited)
*[[Tun Tun]] as Rustam's Girlfriend's Mother (Uncredited)

==Songs==
All songs were composed by [[O. P. Nayyar]] with lyrics by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]].
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Mohabbat Kar Lo, Ji Bhar Lo, Aji Kisne Roka Hai"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
|-
| "Arey, Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Tauba Tauba, Main Na Pyar Karungi"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Sun Sun, Sun Sun Zalima, Pyar Humko Tumse Ho Gaya"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Babuji Dheere Chalna"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Ye Lo Main Haari Piya"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Hoon Abhi Main Jawan"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Kabhi Aar, Kabhi Paar"
| [[Shamshad Begum]]
|}

==In popular culture==

''Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar'' was sampled by [[Raghav]] in ''Can't Get Enough'' from his debut album [[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]] (2004)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0046673}}

[[Category:1954 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Guru Dutt]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:1954 comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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